Leopard Gets a Root Canal

Sometimes as a news photographer we get chances to take photos of stuff that is really cool. Last Saturday morning before heading to Provo to photograph the state 5A swimming championships, I had the opportunity to swing by Hogle Zoo in Salt Lake City, Utah and photograph a veterinary dentist giving one of the resident leopards named Vladamere, a root canal. Even though we were separated by a wall and had to take photos through a plexiglass window of the surgery, it was amazing to see this beautiful animal so up-close and personal.

For the safety of those performing the surgery and that of the animal itself, the big cat is sedated during the procedure.

Here are a few photos from this.

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5A State Swimming Championships

Last week I photographed the 3A and 4A State Swimming Championships. This last Saturday I got the chance to photograph the 5A State Swimming Championships. It is alway so much fun watching all these athletes perform.

Just as last week I had the chance to use the new Canon Mark IV camera which is very good in low light conditions such as those at the Richards Pool at BYU where this event took place. For the techno's reading this. My exposures were ISO 2500 1/640 of a second shutter @ f 2.8 aperture.

I used three Canon lenses. A 400mm f 2.8, 70-200mm f 2.8 and 16-35mm f 2.8. I also used a Canon Mark III on some of the images, but shot @ ISO 2000 using 1/500 at f 2.8 as it is not as good in low light as the Mark IV.

Here are some of my favorite images from this event.

enjoy.........

400 mm lens

400 mm lens

70-200 mm lens

400 mm lens

400 mm lens

16-35 mm lens

16-35 mm lens

400 mm lens

400 mm lens

70-200 mm lens

400 mm lens

400 mm lens

400 mm lens

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High School State Championship Swim Meet

I got a chance to photograph the State 3A and 4A high school Swimming Championships last Saturday in Provo, Utah. I really enjoy photographing high school sports as there is a pureness to it that doesn’t seem to exist at other levels. I saw a lot of acts of good sportsmanship and came away feeling hopeful and impressed.

Here is a collage of images I made from all the jubilation plus a few more that I liked.

enjoy....

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